The Social Dilemma
Director Jeff Orlowski
Producer Larissa Rhodes
The internet and social media were supposed to be liberating, egalitarian pathways to bring humanity closer together. But as Google, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter and others generate trillions of dollars from targeted advertising, Silicon Valley insiders wrestle with the shocking and unexpected consequences that come with the benefits of a “connected world.” In A Social Dilemma, a group of entrepreneurial defectors attempt to find a path forward that prioritizes the future of humanity over “the bottom line.”
“Perhaps the single most lucid, succinct, and profoundly terrifying analysis of social media ever created for mass consumption.”
“So relevant and of-the-moment it’s practically already in the future.”
“The Social Dilemma may finally convince you that we’re being watched, manipulated, and misled by unscrupulous platforms and attention-harvesting algorithms.”